Dr. Morton Gold
Dr. Gold conducted first the symphony orchestra and then the concert band at ASMC between 1969 and 1976.
He received the Bachelors of Music degree from Boston University in Theory, the Master of Arts degree in Teaching from Harvard University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from Boston University.
Dr. Gold was a full professor of music and conductor of the Chorale and Wind Ensemble at Nasson College from 1964 to 1982. During that time he was organist at the Methodist and Uniterian Churches in Sanford and South Congregational Church in Kennebunkport, Maine.
He has also taught at York Community College, University of Southern Maine, St. Francis College, Oakland Community College, the College of St. Joseph, and Castleton State College, Vermont.
A respected composer, his oratorio »Haggadah: A Search for Freedom« was broadcast nationally on Public Television and he also conducted the Boston "Pops" Orchestra in his own music.
Although technically retired, he continues to compose and has become a music and drama critic for the Biddeford Journal-Tribune.
During the time he lived with his family in Vermont from 1985 to 2006, Dr. Gold also gave annual concerts of his own music at the Rutland Jewish Center and the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church where he was organist and choir director.
He was host (twice) for district music festivals, manager for the chorus (twice) and band. He was also manager of the orchestra (two years) for the New England Music Association and adjudicator for district and state music festivals. Before leaving Vermont he was given a Special Recognition Award by the Vermont Music Education Association.
Since settling in Springvale, Maine he has become a music/drama critic for the Biddeford Journal and organist/choir director for St. Georges' Episcopal Church in Sanford. He has continued writing a column for the Jewish Post & Opinion.
He was commissioned to compose an anthem for Good Shepherd and returned to Sanford in 2008 to conduct the premiere. He composed a bassoon sonata (concerto) and the work was premiered at a concert presented by the Shrewsbury Wind Quintet (Vermont) in the summer of 2008. He also conducted a new concert march with the Strafford Wind Symphony (New Hampshire) in the spring of 2009.
In May of 2010 he will be honored by the Cantors Assembly of the US & Canada with their Kavod award for creativity and achievement in the field of Jewish sacred music.
He and his wife Esther look forward to their 48th wedding anniversary in March 2010. Their three children, Sara, Tsvi and Beth have married and have seven children between them.
(Sources: Many passages of this text were extracted verbatim from sources on the internet: (source 1), (source 2), (source 3), and Dr. Gold.)
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